A long hike today to get to Pancevo.
Starting early it was a wonderful walk across the sandy hills of the Deliblatska Peščara as the sun rose, although to fully appreciate them you probably have to walk a few hundred kilometres over the flat plain of Vojvodina first which could make any hilly landscape appealing. Then it was a welcome breakfast at the Plava Dama restaurant in the village of Devojacki Bunar (a village spread out among the trees with what I took to be lots of small holiday homes).
Just before the village I saw my very first E4 sign Serbia (which caused me disproportionate exitment! ). Sadly it led to a block end, maybe I should have turned right across the fields, but instead I found a way through the trees to a nearby road. The E4 signs continued after the village with red and yellow waymarks on trees, posts and telegraph poles. I decided to follow the waymarks although they deviated somewhat from my planned route. This took a little time as it was often necessary to check down two tracks at junctions to see which one had the red and yellow waymarks.
Leaving the sandhills behind it was along a straight single lane road to the large village of Dolovo. I noticed here how they used a bus shelter to post cards announcing people's deaths, complete with a picture of the deceased. Later in Pancevo the death notices progressed to tree trunks. First I had to get to Pancevo.
My route took my down a valley where the path, overgrown to begin with became impassable. In trying to push my way through I fell and now my arms are covered with nettle stings. Giving up I climbed up the side of the valley in a place where the undergrowth was absent and followed a track along the edge of the valley, probably the one I should have been following in the first place. This soon crossed the valley and took me to along the top of a bluff for some kilometres. Distant views of the chemical works at Pančevo showed me I had still a way to go. I could also see the mountain of Avala and Belgrade was in the haze somewhere. Next section was on the plain beside a line of trees before the final long walk along the road through what appeared to be the lorry district (lorries were parked in front gardens), to reach the Panuka B&B. A much appreciated shower followed and I celebrated completion of my 49 kilometre walk with a "Lav" beer (for a bit of toilet humour).
A GPS track of my route can be found on wikiloc.com, it can also be found on ViewRanger.com as route johnpon0023, and on Wandermap.net.
Starting early it was a wonderful walk across the sandy hills of the Deliblatska Peščara as the sun rose, although to fully appreciate them you probably have to walk a few hundred kilometres over the flat plain of Vojvodina first which could make any hilly landscape appealing. Then it was a welcome breakfast at the Plava Dama restaurant in the village of Devojacki Bunar (a village spread out among the trees with what I took to be lots of small holiday homes).
Just before the village I saw my very first E4 sign Serbia (which caused me disproportionate exitment! ). Sadly it led to a block end, maybe I should have turned right across the fields, but instead I found a way through the trees to a nearby road. The E4 signs continued after the village with red and yellow waymarks on trees, posts and telegraph poles. I decided to follow the waymarks although they deviated somewhat from my planned route. This took a little time as it was often necessary to check down two tracks at junctions to see which one had the red and yellow waymarks.
Leaving the sandhills behind it was along a straight single lane road to the large village of Dolovo. I noticed here how they used a bus shelter to post cards announcing people's deaths, complete with a picture of the deceased. Later in Pancevo the death notices progressed to tree trunks. First I had to get to Pancevo.
My route took my down a valley where the path, overgrown to begin with became impassable. In trying to push my way through I fell and now my arms are covered with nettle stings. Giving up I climbed up the side of the valley in a place where the undergrowth was absent and followed a track along the edge of the valley, probably the one I should have been following in the first place. This soon crossed the valley and took me to along the top of a bluff for some kilometres. Distant views of the chemical works at Pančevo showed me I had still a way to go. I could also see the mountain of Avala and Belgrade was in the haze somewhere. Next section was on the plain beside a line of trees before the final long walk along the road through what appeared to be the lorry district (lorries were parked in front gardens), to reach the Panuka B&B. A much appreciated shower followed and I celebrated completion of my 49 kilometre walk with a "Lav" beer (for a bit of toilet humour).
A GPS track of my route can be found on wikiloc.com, it can also be found on ViewRanger.com as route johnpon0023, and on Wandermap.net.
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| My first E4 sign in Serbia |
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| Track through Deliblatska Peščara |
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